I'm not really the target for this since I'm neither 1. a little girl nor 2. someone with nostalgia for the '80s version (I think I watched it once or twice, but I knew it was related to He-Man and I didn't like He-Man because I didn't like anything with big muscles in it). But it's really good even without the nostalgia. The style is a blend of various kinds of '80s fantasy art with the look of many modern popular kids' comics—i.e. the comics that the new show's creator Noelle Stevenson has worked on—and Stevenson and the other writers bring some solid storytelling and character development, and a concern for diversity, while keeping it (I think) very accessible for kids. It's simultaneously high-minded and plain fun.
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